[wowtip]

But even Python requires installing the dev environment etc. I can see the use for this, for throwing people with no experience into "coding right away".

[tokai]

There exists several python web environments.

https://www.pythonanywhere.com/try-ipython/

https://repl.it/

https://trinket.io/python

[pbhjpbhj]

There are REPLs online.

If you just apt-install IDLE I think you can be up and running very quickly. I did a relatively thorough survey when I first started learning python a couple of years ago and found PyCharm simpler for the course I was doing -- basic text handling, and a little CLI based interactive stuff.

[keymone]

what about https://www.python.org/shell/ and bajillion more resources on the web?